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C. F. HUMPHREYS SURFACE COVERING l.AND METHOD 0F DECORATING' THE SAME Jan. 12 1926.- Re; 16,250 A Origingl Filed June 3. 1924 2 Sheets-Sheet, 2

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sElssuEn .CHARLES F. BUMPER/EYB. 0F LANQABTEB, PENNSYLVANIA, ASSIGNOR TO ARM,-

STRONG CORK GOIPLNY, A CORPORATION 0F PENNSYLVANIA.

SURFACE COVEBING AND METHOD 0F DECORATING THE BAIE,

mlinal lo. 1,580,130, dated December 2B, 1884, Serial No. 717,658, filed June 3, 1994.

reissue Med December 7, 1925. Serial No. 73,980

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Be it known t at I, Cuantas F. Huxmmanure, a citizen of the United States, re v ,aiding at Lancaster, in the county of-.Lancaster and State of P lvania, haveinvented certain'new and use Im rovements in Surface Coverin and Metho of Decorating the Same, a s ecification. he invention relates to coverings for surfaces, and has as an object the provision of afI cover' for a Hoor or wall which shall simulate varie ted tiles.

er vobject of the invention is the provision of a linoleum or wall paper hav-` ing its surface decoration formed of units arranged according to a uxiiform pattern, the units varying in a pearance among themselves and made up o a limited number of like appearances, the surfaces of similar appearances being placed with a studied non-uniformity;

A further o 'ect of the invention is the provision of a oor or wall covering havin its surface decorated with spaces arranged according to a definite pattern and .comprising a limited number of var ing appearances, the individual spaces o like appearance being arranged with studied nonuniformity and the actual occurrence thereof being repeated over surfaces so large as .to benot encompassed by a glance of the eye.v

Other objects of this embodiment are shown in the accompanying drawings, wherein: f

f Fi 1"2 is a like view of a vering made Yrectangular surfaces twi as ong as wide.- Y

' As shown, FigureA 1 represents a strip of linoleum or oil cloth or wall covering made up of a series of -squares separated by joints 10. The squares shown in the I'gureoomprise three varieties of appearances, .that-.of 11 represented by horizontal lines, that of 1 2 represented by diagonal lines, and that of i3 represented by vertical lines.

o whichthe following is Figure l is a plan View of theI covering Y made up of square surfaces;

Application for shall not be repeated within a space which 55 the eye can gras at a sin le glance.

It will .be un erstood t at the statement of the space thatl can be encompassed by the eye of 'an observer is illustrative merely, and that the size of this space will obviously w vary with individuals as modified ,by condition of vision, and will also be affected by the distance and angle. from which thev surface is viewed.

.. It is found that the space whichl can be 65 apgsreciated by the eyeof an observer is su tantially lthe length of four feet, and

vsince linoleum is usually made in widths of six feet, the arrangement that could extend the width of the linoleum will be safely 10 beyond any possibility ofl observance of re etition by the eye of an observer, when laid contiguous to a like stri l In the manufacture o? linoleum or of wall paper, an arrangement has been studied out 75 which shall extend to at least` the, distance of four feet, as'for instance, 14 on 1 of the drawing after which the actu arrangement of the surfaces may be repeated. It is thus possible to. reduce .o by machinery a strip of material o indefinite length with a repetition of arrangement and secure a covering which may be placed upon a oor vor wall and which willsurely give the appearance of having been placed u at hapliazard. 7 L t L The rinciple of Fig. 1 is shownl in 2 as app ied to a design of diierent shaped surfaces, but is applied in the same manner.

In vF' 2 the repetition of the a vment wi be found to begin at 15 and to t e" rightof this line the arrangementwhich has alread been used to the left thereof is mpeatedi7 By the *provisiony of a' linoleum or wall u paper of the characteristics provided by the present invention; itis possible toxuse .these coverings in circumstances where the former `artificial or set appearancehaa been' objectionable;` By means of this invention e106' I to the point ate. Choice ,fdarker nyipearance resulting from a choice tif-a majority of the darkest shades, or vice shown in the drawings are made u of a versa. i

Vhile it hashe'en indicated that the ar- 'rangement is to be repeated over a space of length of arrangement not less than four feety it will be understood that the drawing is not intended to illustrate a'full width of linoleum with referred to.

I claim in l L The method of decorating a surface which comprises covering the surface with a uniform pattern of spaces with a limited number of varying appearances, arranging the spaces of like appearance upon the surface with irregularity of peatingf the arrangement over an area so large as to he not perceived by a sin le glance of the eye, whereby to simulate t ehaphazard appearance of hand laid tiling* 2. A surface covering comprising in comiiination, a series of spaces arranged in a uniform pattern, the' spacescomprising a limited number of'varying appearances, the spaces of like appearance upon the surface arranged with irregularitj.7 of oeeurrenee andywith the arrangement thereof 'repeated over successiije' areas so large as to be not perceived by a single glance ot theeye wherein)7 the covering when in place may simulate the haphazard appearance of hand laid tiling.

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